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As many people prepare for joyful year-end holiday celebrations, disparate images of war-torn cities, makeshift camps and misery continue to flash across screens.
The world is facing a humanitarian crisis, as a record 65.3 million people have been displaced by armed conflicts, violence and natural...

Over the past 48 hours, armed clashes continued throughout east Aleppo, particularly in Karm Al-Miyasar, Karm Al-Qatrjy and Karm Al-Tahan. The intensity of clashes, coupled with continuous indiscriminate shelling, severely affects the movement of civilians in the city. Most streets in non-state armed...

The October launch of military operations to retake Mosul from ISIL has forced an additional 84,000 men, women and children to flee their homes. The offensive is part of a wider effort to bring large swathes of Iraq back under Government control.
Military operations in Kirkuk Governorate to the south-...

The world is facing a state of humanitarian crisis not seen since the Second World War: more than 128 million people are affected by conflict, displacement, natural disasters and profound vulnerability. Through strategic and coordinated action, aid organizations around the world aim to deliver urgent...

The global humanitarian system classifies its response to the most severe, large-scale humanitarian crises as a level-three (L3) emergency response. This allows all parts of the humanitarian community to work closely together and have a common view on how to prioritize response activities.
Between 2013...